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The number of Florida hospital inpatients with COVID increased nearly 43 percent in June, as subvariants spread, according to HHS data.
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CFO Jimmy Patronis removed Dr. Lisa Gwynn from the Florida Healthy Kids Board for expressing concerns about COVID-19 vaccine access in the state for kids younger than 5. She talks about why she's still worried.
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The supermarket chain hasn't explained its decision for not offering the low-dose vaccine to ages 6 months to 5 years. It currently offers the vaccine to ages 5 and older.
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In one of a series of similar cases across the state, a circuit judge has tossed out a potential class-action lawsuit that argued Florida State University should refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the pandemic.
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Doses are arriving in Florida, although parents looking for shots may have a hard time finding them for a few days. The White House expects most children will receive them at their pediatrician office.
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As the DeSantis and Biden administrations feud over a reported change in state policy on ordering and distribution, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines begin going into tinier arms this week.
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According to a report and the federal goverment, the state reversed course and allowed pediatricians to order the vaccine, but the DeSantis administration disputed there was a change in policy
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The numbers of new cases reported Friday were the highest totals during the past 10 weeks. Meantime, more than 75,000 Floridians have died from the virus since the pandemic started.
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The vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old could start next week. But first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off.
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A school in Massachusetts latches onto a novel Florida program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.
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The state did not preorder supplies of the vaccine for young children from the federal government by a Tuesday deadline.
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The release comes as new data reveals just 53 percent of Florida's third-graders passed the state’s reading test.